look, the election is about philosophy. just like stewart and i were debating last night, it's about direction of the country. are we going into the western european quasi-socialism, or are we going to get back to robust capitalism? what are we going to do here? all right, the micro is important, but it's not the dominant theme, which direction do you want america to go in? >> it sounds to me then like you agree with james carville on that point that this is a big election, a clarifying election and whoever wins will have a mandate for quite different approaches. >> absolutely. you know, carville is right for the first time in his life. this is huge because we have a lot of americans who are saying, you know what, i want stuff. i want stuff, from stephanopoulos, he makes a lot of money, give me stuff, whereas i was raised in my town of you make your own way and, of course, we want safety nets for people who are hurt. of course. every american fair-minded wants that, but it's a philosophy of life that's in play here. >> okay